Dog color
Red
Red to deep orange-red from red pigment: red dogs and cats, red-factor canaries, red poultry and koi; a red comb, earlobes or eyes.
192 Dog breeds list Red. It is in a club standard for 167 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 19 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Red
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affenpinscher | Not recognised | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Not recognised (“Red”) | Not recognised |
| Afghan Hound | Standard (“All colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colours”) |
| Airedale Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“A red mixture is often found in the black and is not to be considered objectionable”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Akita | Standard (“red fawn (Japanese Akita)”) | Standard (“Red (Japanese Akitainu)”) | Standard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Standard (“red fawn (Japanese Akita Inu)”) | Standard (“red fawn (Akita)”) |
| AkitaJapanese | Standard (“red fawn”) | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | Standard (“red fawn”) | Standard (“red fawn”) |
| AkitaAmerican | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“any color including white”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Alaskan Klee Kai | No ruling | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“red”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Alaskan Malamute | Standard (“shading of sable to red”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“shadings of sable to red”) | Standard (“shades of red”) | Standard (“shading of sable to red”) |
| American Cocker Spaniel | Standard (“ranging from the lightest cream to darkest red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“ranging from lightest cream to darkest red”) |
| American Cocker SpanielASCOB | Standard (“ranging from the lightest cream to darkest red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any solid color other than black (ASCOB)”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“ranging from lightest cream to darkest red”) |
| American Cocker SpanielParticolour | Standard (“red and white (the red may range from lightest cream to darkest red)”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“Two or more definite well-broken colors, one of which must be white”) | Standard (“Red & White Particolour”) | Standard (“red and white (the red may range from lightest cream to darkest red)”) |
| American English Coonhound | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Redtick ... white and red”) | No ruling | Standard (“Red and white ticked”) |
| American Foxhound | Standard (“Any colour”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any color is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“tan (... from intense dark mahogany red to light red) (Coated Variety)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierSkin and scales | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any skin color is acceptable (Hairless Variety)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierHairless · Skin and scales | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any skin color is acceptable (Hairless Variety)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Leopard Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Pit Bull Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Staffordshire Terrier | Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) |
| Anatolian Shepherd | No ruling | Standard (“Red Fawn”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Red Fawn With Mask”) | No ruling |
| Australian Cattle Dog | Standard (“red speckle”) | Standard (“Red Speckled”) | Standard (“red speckled”) | Standard (“red speckle”) | Standard (“red speckle”) |
| Australian Kelpie | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red ranging from chocolate to light red”) | No ruling | Standard (“red”) |
| Australian Shepherd | Standard (“red merle, red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red merle, solid red”) | Standard (“red merle, red”) | Standard (“red merle, red”) |
| Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog | Standard (“Red Speckle”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red speckle or red mottle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian Terrier | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“solid red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Azawakh | Standard (“dark fawn (mahogany)”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“dark red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“dark fawn (mahogany)”) |
| Basenji | Standard (“red and white”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“chestnut red”) | Standard (“Red and white”) | Standard (“red and white”) |
| Basset Fauve de Bretagne | Standard (“red brick in hue”) | Standard (“red brick in hue”) | Standard (“brick red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red brick in hue”) |
| Basset Hound | Standard (“any recognized hound colour acceptable”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“any good hound color is acceptable”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Not recognised |
| Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound | Standard (“Deep red, deer red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“clear tan through deep red”) | Standard (“Deer red”) | Standard (“Deep red, deer red”) |
| Bavarian Mountain Scent HoundNose | Standard (“dark red”) | Standard (“dark red”) | Standard (“dark red”) | Standard (“dark red”) | Standard (“dark red”) |
| Beagle | Standard (“red and white”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“red and white”) | Standard (“red and white”) |
| Belgian Laekenois | Disqualifying | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Belgian Malinois | Disqualifying | Standard (“a rich fawn to mahogany”) | No ruling | Standard (“all shades of red, fawn, grey, with black overlay”) | Disqualifying |
| Belgian Shepherd | Fault (“reddish tinges in the coat”) | Standard (“reddening due to climatic conditions ... should not be grounds for disqualification”) | Fault (“dominant red tinge”) | Not recognised | Fault (“reddish tinges in the coat”) |
| Belgian Tervuren | Disqualifying | Standard (“body rich fawn to russet mahogany”) | No ruling | Standard (“all shades of red, fawn, grey, with black overlay”) | Disqualifying |
| Bloodhound | Standard (“the unicolour red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“solid red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“the unicolour red”) |
| Bluetick Coonhound | No ruling | Standard (“red ticking on feet and lower legs”) | Standard (“red ticking on feet and lower legs”) | No ruling | Standard (“red ticking on feet and lower legs”) |
| Boerboel | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All shades of brown (tan, red)”) | No ruling | Standard (“all shades of red, brown, yellow (fawn)”) |
| Border Collie | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) |
| Border Terrier | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Red”) |
| Borzoi | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Self Red”) | Standard (“Red”) |
| Boxer | Standard (“dark deer red”) | Standard (“Fawn shades vary from light tan to mahogany”) | Standard (“a deep dark red”) | Standard (“dark deer red”) | Standard (“dark deer red”) |
| Broholmer | Standard (“Red with or without a black mask”) | Standard (“Red Golden”) | Standard (“golden red”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brussels Griffon | Standard (“Griffon Bruxellois: Red, reddish”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Reddish-brown”) | Standard (“Clear red”) | Standard (“Clear red”) |
| Brussels GriffonRough | Standard (“Griffon Bruxellois: Red, reddish”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Reddish-brown”) | Standard (“Clear red”) | Standard (“Clear red”) |
| Brussels GriffonSmooth | Standard (“Petit Brabançon: The same colours are accepted as for the Griffons”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Reddish-brown”) | Standard (“Clear red”) | Standard (“Clear red”) |
| Bull Terrier | Standard (“red ... acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“they may also be red (Colored)”) | Standard (“red ... acceptable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“red ... acceptable (Coloured)”) |
| Bull TerrierColoured | Standard (“red ... acceptable”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“they may also be red”) | Standard (“red ... acceptable”) | Standard (“red ... acceptable”) |
| Bulldog | Standard (“reds with their various shades”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Solid red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Bullmastiff | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Cairn Terrier | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Canaan | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Cane Corso | Standard (“stag red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“stag red”) | No ruling | Standard (“stag red”) |
| Cardigan Welsh Corgi | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“all shades of red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Carolina Dog | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“reddish ginger”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Catahoula Leopard Dog | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“an endless variety of coat colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Caucasian Shepherd Dog | Standard (“Any solid colour”) | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any solid colour”) |
| Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Standard (“Ruby: Whole coloured rich red”) | Standard (“Ruby”) | Standard (“Ruby. Whole colored rich red”) | Standard (“Ruby: whole coloured rich red”) | Standard (“Ruby: Whole-coloured, rich red”) |
| Chihuahua | Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Chinese Crested | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) |
| Chinese Shar-Pei | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“any solid color”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All solid colours acceptable”) |
| Chinook | No ruling | Standard (“Gray Red”) | Fault | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chow Chow | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Red (light golden to deep mahogany)”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Dachshund | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red (often called tan)”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| DachshundSmooth | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red (often called tan)”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| DachshundWirehaired | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red (often called tan)”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| DachshundLonghaired | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red (often called tan)”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Danish-Swedish Farmdog | No ruling | Standard (“White & Red”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Deutscher Wachtelhund | Standard (“red, including all occurring reddish shades (like fox or deer red)”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“shades of orange, blond, red, and dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dogue de Bordeaux | Standard (“all shades of fawn”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“any shade of fawn”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“all shades of fawn”) |
| Dogue de BordeauxNose | Standard (“No mask ... The nose can then be reddish”) | Standard (“The nose is then reddish”) | Standard (“reddish pink on unmasked dogs”) | Standard (“No mask ... nose may be reddish”) | Standard (“No mask ... The nose can then be reddish”) |
| Drever | Standard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Cocker Spaniel | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“shades of red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| English Foxhound | Standard (“Any recognized hound colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“Any recognised Hound colour”) |
| English Shepherd | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“a well defined tan coat, which can range from shades of Fawn to Red”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Toy Spaniel | Standard (“Ruby: Whole coloured, rich chestnut red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“The Ruby (self-colored). Rich mahogany red”) | Standard (“Ruby: whole coloured, rich chestnut red”) | Standard (“Ruby: Whole coloured, rich chestnut red”) |
| English Toy SpanielBlenheim | Standard (“Blenheim: Ground pearly white, with well distributed chestnut-red patches”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“deep red or chestnut markings”) | Standard (“Blenheim: ground pearly white, with well-distributed chestnut-red patches”) | Standard (“Blenheim: Ground pearly white, with well distributed chestnut-red patches”) |
| English Toy SpanielRuby | Standard (“Whole coloured, rich chestnut red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Rich mahogany red”) | Standard (“whole coloured, rich chestnut red”) | Standard (“Whole coloured, rich chestnut red”) |
| Eurasier | Standard (“all colours”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“all colors”) | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling |
| Finnish Lapphund | Standard (“all colours are permitted”) | Standard (“all colors are permitted”) | Standard (“all colors are allowed”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“all colours are permitted”) |
| Finnish Spitz | Standard (“bright red”) | Alternate (“Red”) | No ruling | Standard (“reddish brown”) | Standard (“bright red”) |
| French Bulldog | Standard (“to dark fawn”) | Standard (“fawn (ranging from light fawn to a red fawn)”) | Standard (“to dark fawn”) | Standard (“Cream and red shades less desirable”) | Standard (“to dark fawn”) |
| German Pinscher | Standard (“Self coloured: Deer red, reddish-brown to dark red brown”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All solid colors from fawn (Isabella) to stag red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Self-coloured: deer red, reddish brown to dark red brown”) |
| German Shepherd | Standard (“black with reddish-brown ... markings”) | Standard (“Black & Red”) | Standard (“Black and Red”) | No ruling | Standard (“black with reddish-brown ... markings”) |
| German Spitz | Disqualifying | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“all colors”) | Standard (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”) | Disqualifying |
| German SpitzGiant | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Standard (“all colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Greyhound | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Immaterial”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Hanoverian Scenthound | Standard (“Light to dark deer-red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Light to dark deer red”) | No ruling | Standard (“Light to dark deer-red”) |
| Harrier | Standard (“all shades of black to orange”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“Any good hound color”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | No ruling |
| Havanese | Not recognised | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | Standard (“Red”) | Not recognised |
| Hokkaido | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ibizan Hound | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red ... from a light yellowish-red (called "lion") to a deep red”) | Standard (“chestnut”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Icelandic Sheepdog | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“all shades of tan, ranging from cream to reddish brown”) | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling |
| Irish Red and White Setter | Standard (“solid red patches (clear islands of red colour)”) | Standard (“Red Patched”) | Standard (“solid red patches (clear islands of red color)”) | Standard (“solid red patches”) | Standard (“solid red patches (clear islands of red colour)”) |
| Irish Setter | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling |
| Irish Terrier | Standard (“red ... or yellow-red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Red ... or yellow-red”) | Standard (“red ... to yellow/red”) | Standard (“red ... or yellow/red”) |
| Irish Wolfhound | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) |
| Italian Greyhound | Not recognised | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Japanese Chin | Standard (“White with markings of black or red”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“red and white”) | Standard (“red and white”) | Standard (“White with markings of black or red”) |
| Jindo | Standard (“red fawn”) | Standard (“red fawn”) | Standard (“red fawn”) | Standard (“Red in various shades from deepest red to pale fawn”) | No ruling |
| Kai Ken | Standard (“red brindle”) | Standard (“Red Brindle”) | Standard (“All brindle colors are equally acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kishu Ken | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lakeland Terrier | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Leonberger | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Not recognised | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Red”) | Not recognised |
| Löwchen | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) |
| Miniature American Shepherd | Standard (“red, liver and red or liver merle”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red (liver), and red merle”) | Standard (“red merle, red”) | Standard (“red, liver and red, or liver merle”) |
| Miniature Bull Terrier | Standard (“red ... acceptable”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“they may also be red”) | Standard (“red ... acceptable”) | Standard (“red ... acceptable”) |
| Miniature Pinscher | Standard (“Self coloured: Deer red, reddish-brown to dark red brown”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Solid clear red”) | Standard (“Solid red of various shades”) | Standard (“Solid red of various shades”) |
| Mountain Cur | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Neapolitan Mastiff | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“red”) | No ruling |
| Nederlandse Kooikerhondje | Standard (“clear orange-red colour”) | Standard (“White & Red”) | Standard (“clear orange-red color”) | Standard (“clear orange-red”) | Standard (“clear orange-red colour”) |
| Norfolk Terrier | Standard (“All shades of red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All shades of red”) | Standard (“All shades of red”) | Standard (“All shades of red”) |
| Norrbottenspets | Standard (“the ideal colour that is in all nuances of red and yellow”) | Standard (“Red Patched”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Buhund | Standard (“ranging from rather light to yellowish red”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying | Standard (“red (red not too dark)”) | Standard (“ranging from rather light to yellowish-red”) |
| Norwegian Lundehund | Standard (“from red to fawn”) | Standard (“Reddish Brown”) | Standard (“reddish-brown to fallow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwich Terrier | Standard (“All shades of red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All shades of red”) | Standard (“All shades of red”) | Standard (“All shades of red”) |
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | Standard (“various shades of red or orange”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“various shades of red or orange”) | Standard (“All shades of red or orange”) | No ruling |
| Olde English Bulldogge | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“red”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Otterhound | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Papillon | Standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standard (“White & Red”) | Standard (“white with patches of any color”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“White with patches: may be any colour except liver”) |
| Pekingese | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) |
| Pembroke Welsh Corgi | Standard (“self colours in red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“self colours in red”) | Standard (“self colours in red”) |
| Peruvian Inca Orchid | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) |
| Plott Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Red Brindle”) | Standard (“Any shade of brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standard (“Red Black & White”) | No ruling | Standard (“all colours other than merle”) | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Pomeranian | Disqualifying | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“any solid color”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Poodle (Miniature) | Standard (“red fawn”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All solid colours”) |
| Poodle (Standard) | Standard (“red fawn”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All solid colours”) |
| Poodle (Toy) | Standard (“Can go from pale fawn to red fawn”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Apricots and reds”) | Standard (“Apricots and reds”) |
| Portuguese Podengo | Not recognised | Standard (“Red”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo Pequeno | Standard (“Yellow and fawn in all shades from light to dark”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Yellow and fawn of any shade”) | Standard (“Yellow, fawn (in all shades from light to dark)”) | No ruling |
| Pumi | Standard (“primary colours: red, yellow, cream”) | Standard (“shades of fawn from pale cream to red”) | Standard (“the fawn may run from cream through yellow to red”) | Standard (“primary colours of red, yellow, cream”) | Standard (“primary colours: red, yellow, cream”) |
| Rat Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“White & Red”) | Standard (“tan (... from intense dark mahogany red to light red)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Redbone Coonhound | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Solid red preferred”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russian Toy | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red of any shade”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Saint Bernard | Standard (“clear red patches ... clear to dark red mantle”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“All shades of red”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“clear red patches ... clear to dark red mantle”) |
| Saluki | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| Schapendoes | Standard (“All colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Red Black & White”) | Standard (“All colors are permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Schipperke | Fault (“Grey, brownish or reddish tones in the top coat”) | Fault (“a transitory reddish cast, which is to be penalized”) | Not recognised | Standard (“range from pale ivory through shades of cream, fawn and gold to light red”) | Standard (“range from pale ivory through shades of cream, fawn and gold to light red”) |
| Scottish Deerhound | Standard (“sandy-red or red fawns”) | Standard (“sandy red or red fawn”) | Standard (“sandy-red or red fawns”) | Standard (“sandy-red or red fawns”) | Standard (“sandy-red or red fawns”) |
| Scottish Terrier | Standard (“brindle of any shade”) | Standard (“Red Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle of any color”) | Standard (“brindle of any shade”) | Standard (“brindle of any shade”) |
| Shiba Inu | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“RED Bright orange red”) | Standard (“Red: Intense, clear red”) | Standard (“Red”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standard (“All colours permissible”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“All colours permissible except merle”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Shikoku | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red sesame (ground color of red mixed with black hairs)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian Husky | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“all colors, from black to pure white”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Sloughi | Standard (“red sand (fawn)”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“mahogany red fawn”) | Standard (“Light to red sand”) | Standard (“red sand (fawn)”) |
| Spanish Greyhound | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) |
| Spanish Mastiff | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Swedish Vallhund | Standard (“reddish yellow or reddish brown”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“all shades of ... red”) | Standard (“reddish yellow or reddish brown”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“any variety of colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Thai Ridgeback | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | Standard (“red”) |
| Tibetan Spaniel | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) |
| Tibetan Terrier | Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standard (“Red Sable”) | Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) |
| Tosa | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“deep, solid, rich red”) | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) |
| Transylvanian Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Red & White”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh Springer Spaniel | Standard (“Rich red and white only”) | Standard (“Red & White”) | Standard (“rich red and white”) | Standard (“Rich red and white only”) | Standard (“Rich red and white only”) |
| Whippet | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Color is inconsequential”) | Standard (“Red Fawn”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Working Kelpie | No ruling | Standard (“Red”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Standard (“reddish”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“reddish”) |
| XoloitzcuintliCoated | Standard (“reddish”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“reddish”) |
| XoloitzcuintliSkin and scales | Standard (“reddish”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“reddish”) |
| XoloitzcuintliHairless · Skin and scales | Standard (“reddish”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“red”) | Standard (“reddish”) |
| Yakutian Laika | Standard (“White and any patching (bicolour or tricolour)”) | Standard (“White & Red”) | No ruling | Standard (“Red & White”) | No ruling |
| Vizsla | Fault (“Red, brownish or lightened colour is undesirable”) | Alternate (“Red”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised |
Breeds where Red is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BulldogNose | Not recognised (“under no circumstances liver colour, red or brown”) | Fault | Fault | Not recognised (“under no circumstances liver colour, red or brown”) | Not recognised (“under no circumstances liver colour, red, or brown”) |
| Field Spaniel | Fault (“red”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised (“red”) | Fault (“red”) |
| Miniature Schnauzer | Not recognised | Disqualifying | Fault (“Any suggestion of tan or red banding”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Pyrenean Mastiff | Fault (“Undesirable are red patches”) | No ruling | Fault (“Undesirable are a yellow-white base coat and/or red patches”) | Fault (“Red patches and yellowish-white base colour undesirable”) | No ruling |
| Sealyham TerrierNose | No ruling | Fault (“cherry ... bad faults”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Smooth Fox Terrier | Fault (“red ... markings highly undesirable”) | Fault (“red ... markings are objectionable”) | Fault (“red”) | Fault (“red ... markings highly undesirable”) | Fault (“red ... markings highly undesirable”) |
| Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier | Fault | Fault | Fault | Fault (“a white coat and red coat equally undesirable”) | Fault |
| Standard Schnauzer | Not recognised | Fault (“shadings or mixtures thereof in the topcoat such as ... red”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Wire Fox Terrier | Fault (“red ... markings undesirable”) | Fault (“red ... objectionable”) | Fault (“red”) | Fault (“red ... marking highly undesirable”) | Fault (“red ... marking undesirable”) |
| Wirehaired Vizsla | Fault (“Red, brownish, light yellow or lightened colour shadings are undesirable”) | Fault (“Red”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Fault (“Red, brownish, light yellow, or lightened colour shadings are undesirable”) |
Breeds where Red is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernese Mountain Dog | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Boston Terrier | Not recognised | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| English Springer Spaniel | Not recognised | Not recognised (“Red & White”) | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| German Shorthaired Pointer | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“A dog with any area of red, orange, lemon or tan”) | Disqualifying (“Any red, orange, or lemon color”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Gordon Setter | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Red”) | Disqualifying (“Predominantly tan, red or buff dogs”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Hovawart | Disqualifying (“deer color”) | Disqualifying (“deer color”) | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“deer colour”) |
| Kangal Shepherd Dog | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Dogs with a red coat”) | Not recognised | No ruling |
| Norwegian Elkhound | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Any overall color other than gray ... such as red”) | Disqualifying (“Any overall color other than gray, as described; such as red”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Rottweiler | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Smooth Fox TerrierNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Nose ... cherry”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Wire Fox TerrierNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“nose ... cherry”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Golden Retriever | Not recognised (“neither red nor mahogany”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised (“neither red nor mahogany”) | Not recognised (“neither red nor mahogany”) |
| Hortaya borzaya | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh Sheepdog | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |